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6 definitions β’ 11 examples
1
waste
material
or things that are no
longer
wanted or
needed
:
Examples:
I
forgot
to put the rubbish out this morning.
Put the
empty
box
in the rubbish
bin
.
Take the old
furniture
to the rubbish
dump
.
2
something that you think is very
low
quality
or not true:
Examples:
The
film
was rubbish.
His
ideas
are a
load
of (old) rubbish.
3
to
criticize
something:
Examples:
Why does everyone rubbish my
ideas
?
4
completely
without
skill
at a
particular
activity
:
Examples:
I'm rubbish at
arithmetic
.
You're a rubbish
dancer
.
5
used for saying that you do not
agree
with what someone has said:
Examples:
"
Tomato
plants
are very
difficult
to
grow
." "Rubbish, they're easy to
grow
!"
6
worthless
and
unwanted
things or
ideas
;
garbage
:
Examples:
All that was left of the
property
was a
pile
of rubbish
nine
feet
high.
I canβt believe they
broadcast
such rubbish.
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